diff --git a/src/qqq/components/widgets/DashboardWidgets.tsx b/src/qqq/components/widgets/DashboardWidgets.tsx
index df3d149..f02f71f 100644
--- a/src/qqq/components/widgets/DashboardWidgets.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/components/widgets/DashboardWidgets.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-import {QInstance} from "@kingsrook/qqq-frontend-core/lib/model/metaData/QInstance";
 import {QWidgetMetaData} from "@kingsrook/qqq-frontend-core/lib/model/metaData/QWidgetMetaData";
 import {Skeleton} from "@mui/material";
 import Box from "@mui/material/Box";
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ DashboardWidgets.defaultProps = {
 function DashboardWidgets({widgetMetaDataList, tableName, entityPrimaryKey, omitWrappingGridContainer, areChildren, childUrlParams}: Props): JSX.Element
 {
    const location = useLocation();
-   const [qInstance, setQInstance] = useState(null as QInstance);
    const [widgetData, setWidgetData] = useState([] as any[]);
    const [widgetCounter, setWidgetCounter] = useState(0);
    const [, forceUpdate] = useReducer((x) => x + 1, 0);
@@ -85,15 +83,6 @@ function DashboardWidgets({widgetMetaDataList, tableName, entityPrimaryKey, omit
    const [currentUrlParams, setCurrentUrlParams] = useState(null as string);
    const [haveLoadedParams, setHaveLoadedParams] = useState(false);
 
-   useEffect(() =>
-   {
-      (async () =>
-      {
-         const newQInstance = await qController.loadMetaData();
-         setQInstance(newQInstance);
-      })();
-   }, []);
-
    useEffect(() =>
    {
       for (let i = 0; i < widgetMetaDataList.length; i++)
diff --git a/src/qqq/components/widgets/charts/StackedBarChart.tsx b/src/qqq/components/widgets/charts/StackedBarChart.tsx
index 18bcaf0..e0079c7 100644
--- a/src/qqq/components/widgets/charts/StackedBarChart.tsx
+++ b/src/qqq/components/widgets/charts/StackedBarChart.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 import Box from "@mui/material/Box";
 import {BarElement, CategoryScale, Chart as ChartJS, Legend, LinearScale, Title, Tooltip,} from "chart.js";
-import React, {useEffect} from "react";
+import React, {useEffect, useState} from "react";
 import {Bar} from "react-chartjs-2";
 import {useNavigate} from "react-router-dom";
 import colors from "qqq/assets/theme/base/colors";
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ ChartJS.register(
 
 export const options = {
    responsive: true,
+   animation: {
+      duration: 0
+   },
    scales: {
       x: {
          stacked: true,
@@ -59,6 +62,9 @@ function StackedBarChart({data}: Props): JSX.Element
 {
    const navigate = useNavigate();
 
+   const [stateData, setStateData] = useState(data);
+
+
    const handleClick = (e: Array<{}>) =>
    {
       if(e && e.length > 0 && data?.urls && data?.urls.length)
@@ -80,12 +86,13 @@ function StackedBarChart({data}: Props): JSX.Element
                dataset.backgroundColor = gradients[chartColors[index]].state;
             }
          });
+         setStateData(stateData);
       }
    }, [data]);
 
 
    return data ? (
-      <Box p={3}><Bar data={data} options={options} getElementsAtEvent={handleClick} /></Box>
+      <Box p={3}><Bar data={data} options={options}  /></Box>
    ) : null;
 }